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Day Excursions
Book in our office, or ring and pay with your debit card, at no extra charge
All excursions are pick up & set down on main roads close to your home as practical within our normal area. All pick ups & drop offs are normally completed within 1 hour subject to traffic conditions. Some pick ups are by a feeder vehicle, and where the route allows passengers will be first on first off basis. The base time is at Golborne, so some times will be before this time and some will be after depending on the destination.
EASTER SATURDAY 7th April 0800. YORK Express
£16.95A £11.00C
Including Tea, Coffee, and biscuits on outward journey ONLY
This ever popular excursion is non stop to York and your morning drink served en-route, there is so much to do you could write a book, our return starts at 7 pm |
EASTER SATURDAY 7th April 0800. SCARBORBOUGH
£18.95A £12.00C
Including Tea, Coffee, and biscuits on outward journey ONLY
Yorkshires' famous coastal resort, with two beautiful bays, and golden sandy beaches, pleasant walks, the town is known as 'The Jewel in the Crown.' Our return starts 5.15pm |
EASTER SATURDAY 7th April 0930. FLEETWOOD & CLEVELEYS
£9.75aA £6.50C
A pleasant drive to Fleetwood famous for its fishing port, and its market which is open today, at 2.30pm we move on to Cleveleys now with its refurbished sea front which makes for a very pleasant stroll, and many shop to hunt out a bargain. Return 5 pm.
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EASTER SUNDAY 8th April 0815. NORTH WALES
£17.50A £11.50C
A day of contrasts with hills and mountains and the sea side, We start at Llangollen for coffee and then travel through some of North Wales finest scenary to Bewts-y-Coed here we take a stop for our lunch, afterwards we travel via the Conway Valley to Llandudno for the rest of the afternoon, heading for home at 5-30pm.
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EASTER SUNDAY 8th April 0930 COAST & COUNTRY
£10.00A £7.00C
We start our day with a relaxing drive through the countryside with a coffee stop at Huntleys at Salmesbury, from here we head to Southport arriving about 12.45 and staying for the afternoon our return starts at 5pm.
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WEDNESDAY 11th April 0915 SKIPTON & THE MARKET
£11.00A £7 50C
With the Bank holiday finished we have a day to explore this attractive town with its very busy market castle and cobbled streets, maybe you fancy a sail on the Leeds Liverpool canal, so many things to do, and of course find a bargain on the Market, we start our return at 4.30.
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Thursday 19th April 0915 ORMSKIRK & SOUTHPORT
£8.75A £6.00C
A pleasant drive to Ormskirk for time on its busy market set it the heart of the town, we leave here early afternoon for Southport where you will have plenty of time to explore this attractive seaside resort, with its famous Lord Street Shops and the newer shopping area with many of the famous high street names return starts 5.15pm.
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Saturday 21st April 0845. LUNE VALLEY, KENDAL & MORECAMBE
£11.50A £7.80C
Today we take a scenic drive through the Lune Valley arriving at Kendal around 11am we spend time here over lunch. You can stroll by the River Kent or take a look in The Parish Church, visit the Newish K village, or hunt out a bargain on the market. at 2.oclock we go on to Morecambe we set you down at the sea front, were you can take a leisurely walk on the prom, with superb views of the Cumbrian hills and mountains, or the shops and market, we depart for home at 5pm.
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Monday 30th April 0845. BAKEWELL & BUXTON
£15.50A £11.00C
Our journey starts by heading over Kinder Scout with great views all the way to Ladybower Reservoir, from here we travel on to the attractive town of Bakewell stopping here for lunch and time to explore the market, in the afternoon we follow the Wye Valley to The Spa town of Buxton, with its Crescent and St Annes Well, bring your bottle for some free water everyone else does, the town has many period building and many good shops. We depart for home at 5pm. |
Friday 18th May 0845 GRANGE, & CARTMEL VILLAGE, inc light lunch & Carriage Ride
£30
Something different Today, we head north to Preston where we join the old A6 road passing Garstang, Lancaster and Milnthorpe, and then on to the quaint d English village of Cartmel, with its attractive square Priory and Racecourse, Today is Cartmel Food Market, which will show you many local traditional food products and there producers, tastings are available on some stalls. On arrivial we have included a Carriage Ride, you will go in groups of 6 and be driven around this beautiful village for about 20 minutes, This superb all weather carriage will be drawn by a pair of Black Friesian Horses, and will normally be driven by the Rynardt & Tracey Venter who travel the country showing their fine Friesians, with long manes and flowing tails, For those who fancy a little extra fun, bring your royal gloves & hats, we will offer a prize for what we think is the best Hat Ladies or Gents, During the time we are in Cartmel you will have time to explore the village and we have also included a light lunch of soup and sandwich at The Cavendish Arms In the Village, Mid afternoon we leave the village and head down into Grange where you can just sit and relax for about an hour, or maybe a stroll through the attractive gardens we depart for home at 5pm.
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Saturday 19th May 0915 HAWORTH VILLAGE BACK TO THE 1940s
£13.50A £9.00C
A great day full of entertainment with The village street transformed to the 1940 era, Vintage Bands & singers, vintage vehicles and many wartime vehicles and memorabilia on show, remember the 'Spivs', people dressed in authentic 1940s dress, a service of remembrance in the church, many re-enactment groups, and of course the Steam railway, as in past years there will be a vintage aircraft flypast subject to the weather at the aircrafts base. Return starts at 5pm.
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Friday 1st June 0915 The start of the Queens Diamond Jubilee at the Bourne Poacher
£26
Today we head for the Fylde coast and Cleveleys where there will be chance for a little shopping and a get a coffee, At 1200 we head for the famous Bourne Poacher at Thornton for Lunch and a afternoon of celebrations with music for dancing bingo etc etc a great venue and good value for money everything is included we return home at 5pm.
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Saturday 2nd June 0830 WELL DRESSING IN DERBYSHIRE
£15 50A £10 50C
The tradition of Well dressing could date from the 1300s when villagers dressed wells with wooden trays and petals to say thank you for keeping the water pure and free from disease, many towns let the tradition die until the mid 1800s. Today many volunteers keep the art going, it is fantastic to see these wonderful pictures made from the flower petals. We start with a short toilet stop in Buxton, before heading into the National Park and the small village of Monyash there are normally 3 or 4 wells dressed here, and the church often has a big display, after about an hour we head on to Bakewell where you will be able to find some lunch, afterwards we travel the short distance to Ashford in the Water where there are 6 wells about the village, we allow time to visit them all, we then head back to Buxton for a little time to explore, returning for home at 5pm.
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Thursday 14th June 0845 SOUTHPORT & THE TALBOT HOTEL PARTY AFTERNOON
£23
We travel to Southport for a couple of hours shopping then on to the Talbot Hotel for three course lunch plus tea or Coffee, then a afternoon of entertainment, bingo, dancing, singing all with a great singer. Return starts 4.30.
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Tuesday 19th June 0845 LAKE DISTRICT SPECIAL inc Lunch and Sail
£36 00A £31.00C
A great day out with lots included, we journey to the attractive town of Grange over sands where we take a sometime to explore and maybe have a coffee, then we follow the shores of Lake Windermere to Bowness arriving at our hotel at 12.15/30 for our three course lunch, after lunch we have time to stroll around the attractive lakeside town and we also include a sail on the Lake, we end our super day at around 5pm and start our journey homeward.
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Thursday 21st June 0915 Garstang Market & Cleveleys
£10.00A £7.00C
A great day out with lots included, we journey to the attractive town of Grange over sands where we take a sometime to explore and maybe have a coffee, then we follow the shores of Lake Windermere to Bowness arriving at our hotel at 12.15/30 for our three course lunch, after lunch we have time to stroll around the attractive lakeside town and we also include a sail on the Lake, we end our super day at around 5pm and start our journey homeward.Garstang set in the rural Lancashire attracts many country folk to its popular street Market, we allow plenty of time to search out the bargains and maybe a little lunch, early afternoon we say goodbye and travel via the pretty countryside Cleveleys where you can take a stroll along the now completed sea front or some time to search the shops for that bargain. We head for home at 5pm.
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Saturday 23 June 0830 Oswestry, Llangollen, Light lunch & The Stream in the sky
£19.90
Today we journey through the pretty Cheshire and Shropshire countryside to The historic town of Oswestry, as well as the interesting town to explore it is market day, the market claims to date to the 1300s,we have 2 hours to explore before departing to Trevor, here we will have a selection of sandwiches and a tea or coffee for you, Just before 1pm we board the Narrow Boat 'Eirleys' for our peaceful sail over The Pontcysyllte aqueduct built by Thomas Telford & William Jessop, and opened to traffic 1805 and in 2006 was made a World Heritage Site, after our sail we head to Llangollen for time to look about this pretty town with its steam trains & barges, we set off for home at 4.30.
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Sunday 24th June 0815 Whitby & Heartbeat inc tea/coffee & biscuits
£21.00A £14.00C
Today we journey directly to Whitby with our hostess serving you with Tea or Coffee and a packet of biscuits on the outward journey only, we hope to arrive at Whitby about 11.15 where we allow you plenty of time to explore, the town has connections with Capt. Cook & Bram Stoker of Dracula fame, we leave at 4.30 and have a short stop in the village of Goathland famous as Aidensfield in the Heartbeat story.
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Tuesday 26th June 0845 Clitheroe & Boundary Mill inc Fish & Chips Lunch
£19.00
Our day starts with a visit to Clitheroe for an hour or so around the shops or the market, leaving to arrive at Boundary Mill for our Fish & Chip Lunch, after lunch we transfer you to the store for an afternoon of bargain hunting We depart for home at 4.30.
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Sunday 15th July 0915 Fleetwood Tram Sunday & Festival
£10.00A £6.75C
The trams are running again to Fleetwood after a break for modernising the Blackpool trams are operating again in Fleetwood, Its hoped many of the vintage trams will be available today as well as the new ultra modern ones. There will collection vintage cars, buses, lorries and of course Fleetwood Market, altogether a great day out we return at 5pm.
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Saturday 21st July 0830. YORK Express
£16.95A £11.00C
Including Tea, Coffee, and biscuits on outward journey ONLY
This ever popular excursion is non stop to York and your morning drink served en-route, there is so much to do you could write a book, our return starts at 6 pm.
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Saturday 21st July 0830. Castle Howard House & Gardens inc Admission
£27.50A £20.00C
Including Tea, Coffee, and biscuits on outward journey ONLY
This wonderful estate is claimed to be one of Britains finest, and a superb visit, built by Sir John Vanburgh for The Earl of Carlisle, amongst the attractions there is a good café and gift shops and a small garden centre with a good selection of plants, and excellent butchers shop where you can buy produce reared on the estates farms, The tour price includes entry to the House & Gardens, we depart at 5pm.
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Sunday 22nd July 0800 North Wales Tour+Ffestiniog Railway & Tea & coffee
£27A £19C
An extended day of wonderful scenery with mountains and coastlines and the best of The Little Trains of Wales, we journey along the motorway during which our hostess will serve you tea or coffee & biscuits, as we head into the very pretty Vale of Llangollen where we have a short stop for toilets, from here we follow the old stage coach route along the A5, then we make our way through little Switzerland passing Englands 7th Longest railway tunnel and the slate mines before we arrive at Blaenau Ffestiniog, we have a break here before boarding the 1150 steam hauled train to the pretty coastal town of Porthmadoc here there is time for lunch & shopping or sightseening, After lunch we follow the coast to Criccieth before travelling along the edge of The Snowdonia Nation Park to Caernarvon, then following The Menai Straits and the coast road to start our homeward journey with suitable short stop arriving back in our area about 7.30.
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Wednesday 25th July 0900 Skipton Market Day
£13.00A £8.50C
This ever popular market town not only has its market but fine shops to, and for those who may fancy a sail there is The Leeds Liverpool Canal cruisers, we stop enroute for coffee and toilets, return starts at 4.30.
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Wednesday 1st August 0830 Harrogate & Knaresborough
£15 00A £10.00C
Today we travel to the Olde Worlde town of Knaresborough set on the River Nidd for its street market or sightseeing with its narrow cobbled streets and alleyways, or if you are into castles it has one in ruins here, we depart after lunch to Harrogate for more of the same but here there is a modern shopping area, and of course Betty's Tea Room. We depart for home at 4 .45pm.
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Saturday 4th August 0800 Bridgnorth & The Severn Valley Railway
£27.50A £20.00C
Including tea/coffee & biscuits on outward journey only
Today we head south along the motorway to the attractive town of Bewdley set on the River Severn on the Shropshire /Worcester border, here we have time to explore and maybe have an early lunch, or bring your own packed lunch for the train ride. At 1200 we transfer to the railway station where you will have a little time to explore before boarding the 1pm steam train to Bridgnorth, the train travels through the pretty Severn Valley following the river, on arrival the coach will be waiting to transfer you into the town centre, its market day today, if you don't want the market try the castle, leaning at a greater angle than The leaning tower Pisa, or maybe try a ride on the Cliff railway to Low Town and the River, at 4.45 the coach will come back to the town centre to collect you for our return journey.
For enthusiasts wishing to visit the Engine House at Highley we can arrange for you to break the journey and rejoin a later train at extra cost.
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Sunday 5th August 0900. Llandudno & High Tea at The Queens Hotel
£26.00A £20.00C
We travel via the motorway taking a coffee stop at the Tweedmill at St Asaph, we allow time to browse in their shop before travelling on to Llandudno, arriving about midday, you have until 4 pm to explore this fine Victorian town situated between the Great & Little Ormes, the Orme Tramway and all the attractions will be open. At 4pm we gather at the Queens Hotel for our High Tea, which is a Starter and Main course with tea & coffee, sweets can be purchased at extra cost. Returning at 5pm.
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Tuesday 7th August 0915 Barton Grange & Fleetwood
£10.00A £6.75C
Our first stop is the very smart Barton Grange there is so much to see here, we stay till 12.45 then on to Fleetwood where you can have a pleasant stroll along the sea front or a little more shopping or maybe the market, return at 4.45pm.
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Monday 13th Aug 9.00 Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival & Skipton
£15 25A £10 25C
This pretty spot in the Yorkshire Dales has over 100 Scarecrows out a truly great day with a trail for all ages, try it you could win a prize, we guarantee you will enjoy it, plenty of places to eat and drink, leaving in the afternoon we spend the remaining time in Skipton, return 4.30
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Wednesday 15th August 8.30 Isle of Anglesey Explorer
£19.00A £13.50C
We travel through North Wales and cross to the Island via the Britannia Bridge, following the road to the Pringles mill at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, where we have a coffee stop, from here we follow the old road through the villages to Holy Island and Holyhead and climb the narrow road to the South Stack, a chance for lunch here, after we journey on via Cemes Bay, Amloch, Red Wharf Bay, with superb scenery to our last stop at Beaumaris, sat at the top of The Menai straits, from here we set off for home along the coast via Conway and the A55.
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Thursday 23rd August 0830 Lake District Special by Diner Coach
£27.00A £17.00C
We head to Grange over Sands for our first stop, morning coffee and biscuits is served on board the coach and time to enjoy a stroll for about one hour, after we journey on to Bowness allowing plenty of time to explore and get your lunch (not inc) at 15.50 we gather at the steamer pier for the 1600 sailing to Lakeside, on arrival the coach will be waiting with your afternoon tea, a selection of freshly made sandwiches tea coffee and cakes. After tea we take the scenic route home along the old road. Morning coffee. Afternoon tea. and the sail included price, return approx. 5.15pm
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Bank Holiday Monday 27th August 0830 Cartmel for the Races inc adm to course
£27.50
This seasons last day of racing at Cartmel our price includes admission to the course but no transfers to the enclosures, Members of the Hill & Stream club will have the gate money of £10 refunded on production of badges. There are special conditions regarding alcohol, applying to coach travel to sporting events, NO Alcohol will be allowed or carried on the vehicle and like the racecourse we reserve the right to refuse carriage of anyone breaking or attempting to break the law. We depart Cartmel 30 minutes after the last race.
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Wednesday 29th August 0900 Chester & Cheshire Oaks
£10.50A £6.75C
Our first call is Cheshire Oaks for those who want to spend the morning there, then on Chester for 10.15 for those who want the whole day in Chester, we pick up at Cheshire Oakes at 1pm for the transfer to Chester for the rest of the day, departing Chester at 4.45.
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Wednesday 12th Sept 0845 SOUTHPORT+THE TALBOT HOTEL PARTY AFTERNOON
£23
We travel to Southport for a couple of hours shopping then on to the Talbot Hotel for three course lunch plus tea or Coffee, then a afternoon of entertainment, bingo, dancing, singing all with a great singer. IRISH THEME TODAY. Return starts 4.30.
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Tuesday 16th October 1000 Blackpool Lights & The Bourne Poacher
£26A
Today we head for the Fylde coast and Cleveleys where there will be chance for a little shopping and a get a coffee, At 1.45 we head for the famous Bourne Poacher at Thornton for Lunch and a afternoon of celebrations with music for dancing bingo etc etc a great venue and good value for money everything is included at 6.30 pm we depart, Returning through Blackpool lights.
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To book Please call our debit card phone line on 01942 728960
If you have email please advise the office to enable us to send your tickets by email. Please note pick ups are on main roads only and as close to your home as practical on the day of the excursion. Times are advised the day before travel by phone so please ensure you give us all your information correctly. |
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